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Fabric Shopping in Ikea

Yesterday after work, me and Phil had a trip to Ikea. We were only going for fabric and Daim cake, but of course ended up spending lots more.

I did get some lovely fabric. The first was Halleknopp, a 100% cotton thick upholstery fabric. It has an amazing triangle & dot pattern designed by Anna Salander.

I’m going to make it into the handsome bean bag below, which was featured in the March issue of Cloth magazine, and taken from the Liberty Book of Home Sewing. It’s for Phil to put his feet up on while watching TV. At the moment he puts them up on my side of the sofa every time I pop out of the room to make a cup of tea. I’m planning to get started on it this weekend.

I also bought a light cotton and polyester mix called Smaborre, which has a satisfyingly spiky floral pattern designed by Edholm & Ullenius. I’m planning to make this into some pyjamas for myself. I’m thinking of making PJ trousers first, and if there’s enough fabric left might also make a top and shorts set (probably using the freeColette Sorbetto & Madeleine patterns).

Amongst our other purchases from Ikea was an LP frame for this groovy Joe Jackson LP which I pinched from my Dad’s record collection. It’s now in pride of place on the living room wall.